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U.S. Rules of Inspection Worried that Saddam Hussein could be hiding weapons in his presidential com plexes or on mobile transporters, Washington insisted that U.N. rules on inspections be rewritten before personnel go to Iraq. Baghdad had refused to allow the surprise inspection of Saddam's 57 palaces. China and...
When Saddam offered two weeks ago to submit to unfettered inspections, the Security Council's response was to send UN inspection chief Hans Blix to Vienna to discuss practical arrangements for resuming such inspections. But in the absence of any new Security Council resolution changing the terms of inspections, Blix...
Headed by legal expert and former atomic-agency director Hans Blix, UNMOVIC was authorized under softer terms after the former U.N. inspection team, UNSCOM, was barred from Iraq in December 1998. Since then, Blix has assembled 220 experts from 45 countries: 80 at a time will work from Baghdad using...
The U.S. and Britain seek to narrow Saddam's wiggle room by pushing this week for a tough new Security Council resolution setting terms and deadlines for compliance, and warning of military consequences for refusal. But the Council remains focused on sending the inspectors back as soon as possible, and...
The U.S. wants inspectors in and pestering Saddam as soon as they can get to Baghdad. Yet even if the U.S. can rev up the pace, the start of inspections is weeks away. "We will go there with a small advance team as soon as possible," says Hans Blix, executive...